By Staff
Officials in the Probate Judge's office certified votes in the Nov. 4 general election Friday as required by law.
Officials had said the election for the district 1 position on the Escambia County Board of Education was too close to call following the closing of the polls Nov. 4.
After counting absentee and provisional ballots, the election results were certified and found incumbent Michael Gooslby winning the seat over challenger Lawton Shipp.
Final results showed Goolsby with 1,186 votes while Shipp earned 1,173 votes.
Other county races were also decided during the election process with Raymond Wiggins clearly winning the district 2 seat on the Escambia County Commission over challenger Norman Miller.
Certified voting results for the race ended with Wiggins receiving 2, 265 votes while Miller garnered 557 votes.
In other races in Escambia County, Jim Hildreth took 10,782 votes for his position as the Escambia County Tax Assessor. There were 65 write-in votes for the office.
Joy Wiggins, who was unopposed in her bid for Escambia County Tax Collector, received 11,129 votes while 65 write-in votes were cast.
Kevin McKinley lost his bid for the position of County Commissioner for district 4 to challenger Brandon Smith. Smith received 1,890 votes while McKinley received 1,137 votes.
For the position of Escambia County Board of Education member for district 5, Willie J. Grissett was unopposed. Grisset received 1,627 votes with five write-in votes being cast in the race.
In state election returns, Jeff Sessions retained his seat as U.S. Senator with 9,446 votes. Challenger Vivian Davis Figures received 4,816 votes with 17 write-in votes cast in that race.
Jo Bonner was unopposed in the race for U.S. Representative for the 1st Congressional Dictrict. He received 10,058 votes with 106 write-in votes cast.
For Associate Jusice of Supreme Court, Deborah Bell Paseur received 7, 123 votes against challenger Greg Shaw who received 6,740 votes.
For Court of Civil Appeal Judge, Bill Thompson was declared the winner with 7,643 votes to the 5,554 votes cast for Kimberly Harbison Drake.
In the Court of Criminal Appeals Judge race for Place No. 1, Beth Kellum received 7,543 votes to win the seat. Challenger Clyde Jones received 5,467 votes.
Mary Windom narrowly defeated Aimee Cobb Smith for the seat of Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, place 2. Windom received 6,994 votes while Smith recevied 6,082 votes.
Lucy Baxley won the seat as president of the Public Service Commission with 7,314 votes cast in her favor. Challenger Twinkle Andres Cavanaugh received 6, 426 votes.